Sometimes there are men so powerful, so feared that the mere mention of their name will send shivers down the backs of anyone, good or evil. Geese Howard is such a man. I am going to discuss who he is and why he is so badass (for those not in the know).



Geese Howard started off his career in badassery as a corrupt police commissioner in South Town in Art of Fighting 2, prior to the events of the first Fatal Fury. After his rise to power he became the head of his own criminal syndicate, it's headquarters located at the appropriately named Geese Tower. Geese is a man with power, both physically and metaphorically, he has his hands in just about anything illegal in South Town, and the Bogard brothers know about it, what with Geese you know, killing their father and all. He is both a deadly martial artist and also a smart buisnessman, don't fuck with Geese.

Geese is SO badass that he fell to his death TWICE. I mean, Bison is pretty tough too but he always had that bullshit psycho power to fall back on. What did geese have? Grit. That's what. He died in Fatal Fury, came back in Fatal Fury 3, then came back and died AGAIN in Real Bout Fatal Fury. Even though he is officially dead in the storyline he still manages to come back as a secret boss or even as "Nightmare" Geese in I think Real Bout Special or Real Bout 2, even as a ghost he is compelled to kick some ass.


young Geese from AoF2

Geese was also the founder of the King of Fighters tournament, he is so hardcore that he formed a tournament just to kick the shit out of everybody. Cocky? No. Honest? YES! I am pretty sure that he was the sponsor for the Boss Team in KOF.

In short, Geese Howard is among the baddest of the badasses in videogame history. Topping all the wannabes (I'm looking at YOU Rugal!). The man deserves respect, but not admiration though. Geese was a prick. He doesn't have any real fancy gimmicks to his fighting style, sure he has the projectile attacks and stuff but everyone has those. Geese is a badass because of his raw fighting skills over over the cheap shit that SNK would give their later bosses.

I should also note how amazing his theme and voice samples are. Soy Sauce for Geese is one of the most memorable boss themes ever and it gets you fucking hyped for the battle, when you hear it you know something serious is going down.
-REPUUKEN!
-DOUBLE REPUUKEN!
-You can not escape....from...death!
-I'll paint my house....wif...your bra
-PREDICTABLE!
-TOO EASY!